High Angle Rescue

Course Overview

High Angle Rescue Awareness Training – On‑Site in Ontario
Understand the Risks. Prepare the Response. Protect Your People.

Our High Angle Rescue Awareness Training delivers essential knowledge for supervisors, safety personnel, and workers exposed to elevated work areas where fall protection alone may not be enough. Aligned with Ontario's OHSA, Construction Regulation 213/91, and CSA Z259 Fall Protection Standards, this course builds site-specific readiness and legal accountability—without the overkill of rope tech certification.

This is not rope access training—it’s what comes before the ropes ever move. It’s the critical first step in preparing for suspended work, tower rescues, and post-fall emergencies.

Key Learning Outcomes

Program Levels

  • Identify what constitutes a "high angle" environment and why rescue readiness is different from basic fall protection.
  • Recognize legal roles and duties under OHSA, Reg. 213/91, and CSA Z259.
  • Understand the limits of PPE-based rescue (fall arrest, suspension trauma, and timing constraints).
  • Distinguish between self-rescue, assisted rescue, and technical rope rescue.
  • Evaluate your site’s existing fall protection plan for rescue gaps.
  • Support the development of a high-angle rescue plan.
  • Participate in tabletop scenarios and real-world case study discussions.
  • Know when and how to escalate to professional rope rescue services.
  • Receive a 3-year awareness-level certificate upon completion.
Awareness

Audience: All workers performing elevated tasks or supervising work at height

Goal: Recognize risk, understand legal responsibilities, and escalate appropriately

Regulatory Focus: OHSA s.25(2)(h), Reg. 213/91 s.26.1–26.9

Rescue Support – Site Team / Monitor

Audience: Safety staff, emergency team members, or designated rope rescue support personnel

Goal: Understand rigging zones, assist external teams, prep rescue gear, maintain scene safety

Regulatory Focus: CSA Z259.17, CSA Z1006 integration

Rescue Supervisor / Program Lead

Audience: Construction managers, safety officers, or JHSC leads responsible for rescue program design

Goal: Build, review, and maintain high-angle rescue plans and drill requirements

Regulatory Focus: OHSA s.25(2)(a), CSA Z259.2.5, CSA Z1006

Regulations & Standards Referenced

OHSA – Sections 25(2)(a), 25(2)(h), and 27(2)

Construction Projects Regulation (O. Reg. 213/91) – s.26.1 to 26.9 (fall protection)

CSA Z259 Series – Including Z259.2.5 (Fall Arresters), Z259.17 (Anchors), and Z259.18 (Suspension Trauma)

CSA Z1006 – For rescue planning and coordination with confined space or elevated rescue needs

Ministry of Labour Guidelines – Fall rescue planning and work-at-heights compliance checks

About Our Instructors

At Safety Sure, our instructors don’t just read from a script—they’ve lived what they teach. Every course is led by professionals who’ve used the tools, worn the gear, and made the calls that keep worksites safe. Whether it's forklifts, fall arrest systems, or confined space entries, our trainers have done the job—not just studied it.

You won’t get “death by PowerPoint” here. Our classroom sessions are interactive, scenario-based, and focused on what matters most: what learners will remember and use when it counts. We use proven coaching methods that emphasize decision-making, risk awareness, and muscle memory—approaches that are used globally in the highest-risk industries because they work.

In fact, research shows that hands-on, problem-solving based instruction leads to a 75% increase in knowledge retention compared to passive learning models.

* That’s why our sessions are built around doing, not just discussing.

We believe safety is learned by experience—not just explained on a screen. And that’s exactly what we deliver.

How We Approach Training at Safety Sure

At Safety Sure, training isn’t just a checkbox—it’s a living system designed to reflect the realities of your worksite. While many providers deliver standard packages, we’ve learned that no two facilities, shifts, or crews are exactly alike. That’s why we prioritize custom-fit training built around your operations, not generic slideshows.

We don’t offer everything. But what we do offer is deeply thought through, integrated across disciplines, and tested in high-risk environments. Whether it’s lift trucks, confined space, spill response, or JHSC effectiveness, we design each program with three questions in mind:

Does this align with the law and best practice?

Does it reflect how the work is actually done?

Does it make things easier or safer for the people doing it?

Some of our programs are always available. Others are offered in partnership with clients, built to meet specific needs, or delivered as part of a broader compliance strategy that includes documentation, scheduling, and even renewal tracking.

We don’t believe in “one and done” training. We believe in building systems that last, systems that teach, protect, and evolve as your workforce does.

Regulations & Standards Referenced

OHSA – Sections 25(2)(a), 25(2)(h), and 27(2)

Construction Projects Regulation (O. Reg. 213/91) – s.26.1 to 26.9 (fall protection)

CSA Z259 Series – Including Z259.2.5 (Fall Arresters), Z259.17 (Anchors), and Z259.18 (Suspension Trauma)

CSA Z1006 – For rescue planning and coordination with confined space or elevated rescue needs

Ministry of Labour Guidelines – Fall rescue planning and work-at-heights compliance checks

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